Blue Lu Barker

Louisa "Blue Lu" Barker (née Louise Dupont) (November 13, 1913 – May 7, 1998) was an American jazz and blues singer. Her better-known recordings include "Don't You Feel My Leg" (1938), which she wrote with her husband, "Georgia Grind" and "Look What Baby's Got for You."

She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and often sang and performed with her husband, guitarist Danny Barker, a regular of the New Orleans music scene.

Barker's recording of "A Little Bird Told Me" was released by Capitol Records as catalogue number 15308 in 1948. It first reached the Billboard chart on December 18, 1948, and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 4.

Barker was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1997, one year before she died in New Orleans, at the age of 84.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 13, 1913 (New Orleans), Died May 7, 1998 (New Orleans)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 64432 10-in. 8/11/1938 You're going to leave the old home Jim Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 64433 10-in. 8/11/1938 New Orleans blues Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 64434 10-in. 8/11/1938 He caught that B & O Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 64435 10-in. 8/11/1938 Don't you make me high Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 64767 10-in. 11/22/1938 I feel like lying in another woman's husband's arms Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 64768 10-in. 11/22/1938 Give me some money Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 64769 10-in. 11/22/1938 I got ways like the devil Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 64770 10-in. 11/22/1938 That made him mad Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 65433 10-in. 4/20/1939 Scat skunk Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 65434 10-in. 4/20/1939 Nix on those lush heads Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 65435 10-in. 4/20/1939 Buy me some juice Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 65436 10-in. 4/20/1939 Georgia grind Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66245 10-in. 8/30/1939 You ain't had no blues Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66246 10-in. 8/30/1939 Marked woman Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66247 10-in. 8/30/1939 Midnight blues Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66248 10-in. 8/30/1939 Down in the dumps Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66893 10-in. 11/17/1939 Blue deep sea blues Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66894 10-in. 11/17/1939 Never brag about your man Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66895 10-in. 11/17/1939 He's so good Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66896 10-in. 11/17/1939 I didn't dig you Jack Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66956 10-in. 12/13/1939 Handy Andy Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66957 10-in. 12/13/1939 Jitterbug blues Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66958 10-in. 12/13/1939 You been holding out too long Blue Lu Barker vocalist  
Decca 66959 10-in. 12/13/1939 Lu's blues Blue Lu Barker vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barker, Blue Lu," accessed March 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/303090.

Barker, Blue Lu. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/303090.

"Barker, Blue Lu." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 March 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/303090

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